Marconi
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-80 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Giant Marconi
Giant Marconi is a hybrid selection out of the Italian Marconi type, larger and virus-resistant.
Origin & history
A large Italian sweet frying pepper, longer and less curved than Corno di Toro, traditionally grown for grilling whole and preserving in oil.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-80 days | Consensus range across the cited commercial catalogs; no independent source documents it yet. |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU | |
| Pod length | 18-25 cm |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 76% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
longer than 89% of the 27 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Corno di Toro
70-80 days
- heirloom
Corno di Toro Giallo
75-90 days
- heirloom
Doux des Landes
70-85 days
- heirloom
Manganji
70-90 days
- heirloom
Melrose
70-85 days
- heirloom
Yellow Nardello
75-90 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog